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  • Quest to track down life-saving twin boys

    Mary Davies is on a mission to track down the twin baby boys who saved her life when she was born three months premature in 1938 in Colac Hospital.

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  • Dedicated volunteer wins award

    Despite countless accolades for decades of work in the community, Elliminyt’s Gwen Huggins was “completely shocked” to receive the Polwarth Community Volunteer award this week.

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  • Facebook post lands Colac Otway leader in hot water

    Colac Otway Shire’s mayor has apologised for sharing and liking a social media post which attacked his fellow councillors, just hours after his election to the council’s top job.

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  • Chains rattle former councillor

    A former Colac Otway Shire mayor has challenged the current shire mayor’s move to overturn a decision of the council and bring back the mayoral chains without a council vote.

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  • Reckless bus drivers making roads risky

    A Colac district delivery driver says more police targeting tourist buses could be a way to improve safety for tourists and motorists sharing the district’s roads.

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  • Six injured in rollover

    A district resident who came across a mini-bus crash at Cooriemungle on Saturday says there were “some nasty injuries” but it “could have been a hell of a lot worse”.

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  • Expansion plan

    Colac’s Associated Kiln Driers hopes to become Australia’s second-largest timber processor if a plan to buy two more sawmills goes ahead.

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  • Wettest November on record

    Colac has experienced its wettest November this month, since records began in 1898, with more than 160 millimetres falling last month.

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